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Sweetness & light, the mysterious history of the honeybee, Hattie Ellis

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Sweetness & light, the mysterious history of the honeybee, Hattie Ellis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sweetness & light

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

68941176

Responsibility statement

Hattie Ellis

Sub title

the mysterious history of the honeybee

Summary

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln and Muhammad Ali both consumed bee pollen to boost energy, or that beekeepers in nineteenth-century Europe viewed their bees as part of the family? Or that after man, the honeybee, Apis mellifera, is the most studied creature on the planet? An that throughout history, honey has been highly valued by the ancient Egyptians (the first know beekeepers), the Greeks, and European monarchs, as well as Winnie the Pooh? In Sweetness and Light, Hattie Ellis leads us into the hive, revealing the fascinating story of bees and honey from the Stone Age to the present, from Nepalese honey hunters to urban hives on the rooftops of New York City. Uncovering the secrets of the honeybee one by one, Ellis shows how this small insect, with a collective significance so much greater that its individual size, can carry us through past and present to tell us more about ourselves than any other living creature. COVER

Table Of Contents

Heather honey -- In the beginning : evolution -- Wild honey -- Organization and magic -- Food of the gods -- Candlelight and intoxication -- Enlightenment -- Frontiers -- Folklore and science -- Creative bee -- Discovery -- Rediscovery -- Do bees dream?

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Sweetness and light

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